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>> in india it's a big hon tore break so -- honor to break some of these records. several times an hour we're bringing you the big picture of the big stories of the day. >>> now our big picture has a theme song to go with it thanks to jonathan mann. he's writing a song a day and we were lucky enough that he agreed to write one for us. listen. ♪ you'll say no way from 3:00 to 5:00 it's a no brainer ♪ ♪ the big picture, the big picture ♪ >> pretty good. it's not the theme to "dallas" or "falcon crest" but he wrote that in all of one day, and of his songs, he basically does them in a day. you can see whatever song you want at rockcookiebottom.com. one of these days we'll have jonathan on to focus on why he focused onorly, but i think i know why. >> i love his intensity. i love the disco effect. very appropriate for us because we're -- >> you are a disco lady, aren't you? >> we're disco king and queen. john travolta and olivia newton. >>> just ahead sarah palin and those strange comments about death panels. it's part of today's face-off. >> also, we're expectin
>> in india it's a big hon tore break so -- honor to break some of these records. several times an hour we're bringing you the big picture of the big stories of the day. >>> now our big picture has a theme song to go with it thanks to jonathan mann. he's writing a song a day and we were lucky enough that he agreed to write one for us. listen. ♪ you'll say no way from 3:00 to 5:00 it's a no brainer ♪ ♪ the big picture, the big picture ♪ >> pretty good. it's not the...
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blair underwood and because the prime minister of india was there, a lot of india celebrities. the thing i love, too, marcus samuelsson the great chef from ethiopia was the chef for the night. they wanted to give us american variety, right? they gave them collard greens and curried prongs and chick peas and ohka okra. >> the reality is the only person i was friends with who was there was the guy working in the kitchen. >> but this is a situation where he is elevated. >> still. >> he's not just guy in the kitchen. he is the guest star chef. >> the reality, if you want to eat like the president, you could buy marcus' cookbook and be like you could have your own state dinner. >> you could, you could. if you could get jennifer hudson to play or singer cd. >> you could play jennifer hudson's cd and cook from the marcus' cookbook and watch a spielberg movie! plans for the weekend. thank you, toure. >>> ahead, afghanistan, mission, finish the job. high stakes for the president. we know the narrative. he is preparing for a prime time address early next week. does adding more troops hel
blair underwood and because the prime minister of india was there, a lot of india celebrities. the thing i love, too, marcus samuelsson the great chef from ethiopia was the chef for the night. they wanted to give us american variety, right? they gave them collard greens and curried prongs and chick peas and ohka okra. >> the reality is the only person i was friends with who was there was the guy working in the kitchen. >> but this is a situation where he is elevated. >> still....
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but afghanistan is a place in which india and pakistan have had a proxy trouble. so our enemies are sometimes pakistan's friend. and while in pakistan, the taliban, the pakistani taliban are an enemy of the pakistani state. so you're talking about a triple-level chessboard here. and the real issue, again, i think, and what could get complicated is what's happening to the pashtun. let's drop the word taliban and al qaeda and even afghanistan. do we have a pashtun strategy that will effectively work to stabilize that area or not. >> so in context of your last answer, would that have been a better thing for the president to be dealing with? or is the only thing he can do right now, the afghanistan situation and hope that somehow that reverberates beneficially to the actual pakistan problem? >> well, keith, i think so. i think ultimately what we've begun to do, we saw the president set as his primary goal tonight, al qaeda. we know al qaeda has been largely squeezed out of afghanistan and is in the process of getting squeezed out of pakistan. so that's not -- while th
but afghanistan is a place in which india and pakistan have had a proxy trouble. so our enemies are sometimes pakistan's friend. and while in pakistan, the taliban, the pakistani taliban are an enemy of the pakistani state. so you're talking about a triple-level chessboard here. and the real issue, again, i think, and what could get complicated is what's happening to the pashtun. let's drop the word taliban and al qaeda and even afghanistan. do we have a pashtun strategy that will effectively...
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india encroachment on this border? >> yes. we've seen the pakistani military encourages jihadists to go into those areas. encouraging jihad in one place but can't control it in afghanistan. that is one of the things we're faced with now we have to recognize pakistan and their security concerns as our overall strategy how we stabilize the region and, frankly, i didn't see that come out in the speech last night. >> brett, if you look at two issues. security for nuclear tel in pakistan and elsewhere, how does this particular strategy go toward providing national security for those two different risks? >> i think we're doing it. i agree the president didn't mention india and that might be unfortunate but he is did talk about what pakistan is doing. we've been dealing with pakistan since 9/11 to shift their interests from to afghanistan and their own taliban insurgency problem. that is starting to happen. obama's speech there are three parts to this strategy. military operations, the civilian side and strategic partnership
india encroachment on this border? >> yes. we've seen the pakistani military encourages jihadists to go into those areas. encouraging jihad in one place but can't control it in afghanistan. that is one of the things we're faced with now we have to recognize pakistan and their security concerns as our overall strategy how we stabilize the region and, frankly, i didn't see that come out in the speech last night. >> brett, if you look at two issues. security for nuclear tel in pakistan...
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policy-makers throughout the region -- pakistan, india, iran, as well as afghanistan -- are now trying to figure out whether they can really go all in and support this effort or do they have to accommodate because if we leave they will have to stay in the region. so it needs to be resolved. it needs to be resolved in this way, that we will not leave on a date certain, but we have every confidence -- i do. i have every confidence within a year to 18 months we can achieve success. we were able to do that in iraq. we will leave and not allow the taliban to make comments like taliban prisoners are saying -- you've got the watches and we've got the time. we don't want to send that message. >> privately and during his address to the nation, the president said if you use that logic that's the rationale for forever war. you don't ever leave. >> the rationale for war is to break the enemy's will. do you break their will by saying we're going to be there for a year and a half or so and then we'll begin to leave no matter the circumstances or do you tell them, we're going to win and we're going t
policy-makers throughout the region -- pakistan, india, iran, as well as afghanistan -- are now trying to figure out whether they can really go all in and support this effort or do they have to accommodate because if we leave they will have to stay in the region. so it needs to be resolved. it needs to be resolved in this way, that we will not leave on a date certain, but we have every confidence -- i do. i have every confidence within a year to 18 months we can achieve success. we were able to...
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you have to work with india to reduce pressure on the pakistanis. this is a very complicated thing and very costly operation. it costs, we estimate, $400 for a gallon of fuel and there's only 10% literacy rate in afghanistan. we have a lot of problems facing us. 104,000 contractors already in afghanistan in addition to the 68,000 troops. we are going to have more troops, chris, than the russians had in afghanistan. >> do you think the american people should be taxed more to pay for this war, this surge? >> i think we should have been paying for the war the whole time. i voted against every one of bush's tax cuts because i felt we should have been paying for the last war. the deficit is a real concern to me. the fact we are losing our economic edge all over the world because of the money we're spending overseas when we've got so many needs in this country. we've got a lot of ways to go. there is consternation on the floor. people are concerned about the direction it is going. as i told rahm emanuel when i left that meeting, rahm, the president did a
you have to work with india to reduce pressure on the pakistanis. this is a very complicated thing and very costly operation. it costs, we estimate, $400 for a gallon of fuel and there's only 10% literacy rate in afghanistan. we have a lot of problems facing us. 104,000 contractors already in afghanistan in addition to the 68,000 troops. we are going to have more troops, chris, than the russians had in afghanistan. >> do you think the american people should be taxed more to pay for this...
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>> i tried toy ied to do the ha shaking when i was in india, and that was a little sore. i love the bow. >> probably hard to do that in germany. >>> let's take a step back and take a larger vision at the president's foreign policy. this is what the president said during his inaugural address, which was something of a mission statement. let's watch. >> for those who claim to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist. >> but isn't the problem six months in, there may be a willing tonnes change the tone, may be more engagement, but no one's enclenching their fist yet? >> that's not the way i read it at all. six months, we have begun to fulfill our obligation to withdraw from iraq, so that now when i meet with prime minister maliki and ten members of his government and about 12 of ours, we're talking about educational exchanges, talking about agriculture. we have a very clear policy on p proliferation and we're back trying to move the
>> i tried toy ied to do the ha shaking when i was in india, and that was a little sore. i love the bow. >> probably hard to do that in germany. >>> let's take a step back and take a larger vision at the president's foreign policy. this is what the president said during his inaugural address, which was something of a mission statement. let's watch. >> for those who claim to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the...
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with winston churchill back in the 19th century, fighting in that northwest territory of what was then india. that's still our concern today. what's going on there in that territory up there? what's not so clear to the people over there how it's different. we're fighting to what consider a punitive campaign, to punish those people for what they did but to make sure they don't do it again. >> he would say and did say it is preventative and ongoing prevention expert. as we talk about pakistan, not only does pakistan have nukes, pakistan has osama bin laden. >> reporter: right. >> chuck todd, and remitchell, as always. >>> dick cheney is at it again. slamming president obama, as i said. calling him weak. that's the worst thing he can get from dick cheney. this man is the rear guard of the bush administration going at the new administration. cheney's latest attack as the president builds up our troops over there, cheney's hitting him from the rear. the plains. the plains. there's a hospital where technology has a healing touch. there's a factory giving old industries new life. and there's a trai
with winston churchill back in the 19th century, fighting in that northwest territory of what was then india. that's still our concern today. what's going on there in that territory up there? what's not so clear to the people over there how it's different. we're fighting to what consider a punitive campaign, to punish those people for what they did but to make sure they don't do it again. >> he would say and did say it is preventative and ongoing prevention expert. as we talk about...
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kazmir is a piece of land india and pakistan will forever be fighting over. but this is over a threat, what secretary of state hillary clinton calls a syndicate of terror. why is the land of afghanistan somehow critical to our need to fight terrorism? the land itself. the territory? >> i think you raise an important point and there's two bases now of terrorism, the threat against the united states, one old and one new. the afghan/pakistan border is the old one. that it was an open space which allowed them to, in the past, train and project power outside. i would see it's much more limited now. the importance of that land was much more vital back in 2001 when they controlled all of afghanistan. al qaeda had a country in some way. they don't have that any more. what i would say makes it more legitimate is since 2001, we now have what i would call the virtual afghanistan. the virtual afghanistan is a web of literally thousands of jihadists websites where would-be sympathizers can go for training, ideas, and camaraderie. what we know about the major in the u.s. a
kazmir is a piece of land india and pakistan will forever be fighting over. but this is over a threat, what secretary of state hillary clinton calls a syndicate of terror. why is the land of afghanistan somehow critical to our need to fight terrorism? the land itself. the territory? >> i think you raise an important point and there's two bases now of terrorism, the threat against the united states, one old and one new. the afghan/pakistan border is the old one. that it was an open space...
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open up a vacuum that india might step into, therefore troubling them even more. the trouble with that argument, whether you accept it or not, though, it doesn't fit on a bumper sticker. and it's going to be a tough argument to make to the american people. >> it's not exactly remember the alamo, is it? >> not exactly, no. >> i want to go to karen on this. for you're here for the administration, should you choose to accept it. the president inherited a terrible job. >> of course. >> he inherited a war that the other guy put aside while he fought the war he always wanted to fight, which was iraq, right? didn't that hurt the country? and it's hurting us now. we're talking into a situation at the bomb end of a war that nobody likes anymore. >> it's worse. that's gotten worse. i mean, afghanistan actually got worse. but the president did inherit it, but here's the other thing. the president made it very clear in 2007 and all throughout the campaign, this was what he was going to do. i think it might have even been a debate on msnbc where the president said he would dou
open up a vacuum that india might step into, therefore troubling them even more. the trouble with that argument, whether you accept it or not, though, it doesn't fit on a bumper sticker. and it's going to be a tough argument to make to the american people. >> it's not exactly remember the alamo, is it? >> not exactly, no. >> i want to go to karen on this. for you're here for the administration, should you choose to accept it. the president inherited a terrible job. >> of...
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for instance, maybe this would help him convince india and pakistan to lessen their tensions. that would help us a lot in our confrontation with al qaeda. it would allow pakistan forces to move more aggressively against taliban and al qaeda. so all these diplomatic initiatives are connected to each other. and i think what the nobel committee was recognizing, it is very, very important to engage in diplomacy. the nobel peace prize has always been about diploma sill. >> we're almost out of time. he sent out the call for ac. his call to action with afghanistan has to come very soon and some have even woven afghanistan into the receiving of this peace prize. >> he has some big decisions to make on afghanistan. i don't think they're as big as some people are saying unless he has a massive escalation. he can always adjust the strategy as time goes on. adjust the resources that we send there. but clearly, this is one of the major decisions of his president spi will come up by the white house's estimation by the end of the month. >> thank you very much. we appreciate you-stick around
for instance, maybe this would help him convince india and pakistan to lessen their tensions. that would help us a lot in our confrontation with al qaeda. it would allow pakistan forces to move more aggressively against taliban and al qaeda. so all these diplomatic initiatives are connected to each other. and i think what the nobel committee was recognizing, it is very, very important to engage in diplomacy. the nobel peace prize has always been about diploma sill. >> we're almost out of...
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it's intimately involved with the future of india. for a host of reasons, pakistan's a lot more important. the problem is we have much less influence over pakistan than we have over afghanistan. all things being equal, i would put the emphasis on pakistan rather than afghanistan. >> let me turn your attention to iran. we were in geneva last week at the negotiations. now today president ahmadinejad from iran is calling it a positive result, the meetings in geneva, the negotiations. the next step will be the experts in vienna october 17th and 18th. another meeting on october 24th or 25th with the iranians. the critics are saying that iran is going to slow walk this and not show us everything and that they are only going to turn over their declared low grade enriched uranium and they could have a dozen other sites with more enriched uranium that they're not showing anyone. how do we test whether or not we're getting access, whether the international inspectors are really getting in to see what they see, and whether we're not being gamed
it's intimately involved with the future of india. for a host of reasons, pakistan's a lot more important. the problem is we have much less influence over pakistan than we have over afghanistan. all things being equal, i would put the emphasis on pakistan rather than afghanistan. >> let me turn your attention to iran. we were in geneva last week at the negotiations. now today president ahmadinejad from iran is calling it a positive result, the meetings in geneva, the negotiations. the...
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another even stronger quake hitting off the case of india. japanese authorities shut down two nuclear reactors and bullet train service as a precaution number major damage or serious injuries have been reported. nnchts new york city, divers have found the body and wreckage of a small plane at the bottom of the hudson river. that is the plane that collided with a sight seeing helicopter on saturday resulting in nine deaths. divers say the body is pinned in the wreckage. authorities hope to lift the plane from the water later today. meanwhile in, capitol hill, house leaders are scrapping plans to spend $330 million on new high end jets for senior officials. instead, they're asking for only $220 million to replace a handful of older jets that they say have safety and maintenance issues. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." south carolina governor mark sanford may have more trouble right now. associated press reporter jim davenport wrote this. quote, records reviewed by the associated press show that since he took office in 200
another even stronger quake hitting off the case of india. japanese authorities shut down two nuclear reactors and bullet train service as a precaution number major damage or serious injuries have been reported. nnchts new york city, divers have found the body and wreckage of a small plane at the bottom of the hudson river. that is the plane that collided with a sight seeing helicopter on saturday resulting in nine deaths. divers say the body is pinned in the wreckage. authorities hope to lift...
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congress when it comes to climate issues if you can't get india and china to be at the table of some sort there in copenhagen and because they think there's going to be some sort of at least verbal or political agreement between those three countries, and they're really the lynch pips for our involvement in any kind of international pact here, because they are at the table, they actually think they can get something accomplished. he's going at the end so it's giving hope to those at the copenhagen summit. >> okay. and also let's talk a little bit about what the president hopes to accomplish here. of course we know he campaigned heavily on climate change. what's his end goal? >> reporter: well, i think in this case it's one half trying to show that, you know -- and this is something he's done for all his international trip which is to show the united states does want to be involved in these international accords. there's sometimes a political split domestically on those issues. so that's one message he's sending by going to copenhagen and i think the second that he is going to try to
congress when it comes to climate issues if you can't get india and china to be at the table of some sort there in copenhagen and because they think there's going to be some sort of at least verbal or political agreement between those three countries, and they're really the lynch pips for our involvement in any kind of international pact here, because they are at the table, they actually think they can get something accomplished. he's going at the end so it's giving hope to those at the...
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india is not going to attack pakistan but if that situation could be diffused pakistan could help a lot with the taliban. i do not want to see the united states men and women over there fighting the taliban. and al qaeda can organize someplace else. i'd like to see him get more out of pakistan and not try to intervene in what is essentially a civil war between the taliban and the karzai government in pakistan. >> senator arlen specker, thanks for being with us. >> glad to be with you. >> it is up to our viewers. what do all of you think? is president obama doing the right thing? go online and vote on tv.msnbc.com. >> you can twitter us. >>> in new york state lawmakers have rejected a bill to legalize gay marriage. not a single republican senator voted for the measure. >>> breaking news involving a delta airlines flight bound from atlanta from bogota, colombia. the cockpit windshield shattered in mid flight. the plane returned to bogota where it made a safe emergency landing. tamron, no doubt people will investigate to see what happened. >>> tiger woods, he apologized for "transgressions
india is not going to attack pakistan but if that situation could be diffused pakistan could help a lot with the taliban. i do not want to see the united states men and women over there fighting the taliban. and al qaeda can organize someplace else. i'd like to see him get more out of pakistan and not try to intervene in what is essentially a civil war between the taliban and the karzai government in pakistan. >> senator arlen specker, thanks for being with us. >> glad to be with...
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they've engaged in warfare unfortunately with regional entities like india. they're a much more experienced force. the issue in afghanistan on the ground is general mcchrystal is trying to protect population centers and also trying to use that security to provide for the building up of a basic delivery of services. essentially, it's a struggle to gain the support of these afghanis. that's limited by the number of forces on the ground. but the real imitation ultimately is not american forces, i think as senator levin and senator boxer suggested, it's afghani forces and afghani capacity to govern. these are things we've not concentrated on during the bush administration. we have to concentrate on now. the hope is that we can make this transition from american forces to afghani forces. in fact, ultimately that's going to be the test. ultimately the afghanis have to protect themselves. >> i totally agree with that. there are 94,000 of them. they have to be better trained and we're going to train another 94,000 of them. >> thank you very much. >>> up next, what we
they've engaged in warfare unfortunately with regional entities like india. they're a much more experienced force. the issue in afghanistan on the ground is general mcchrystal is trying to protect population centers and also trying to use that security to provide for the building up of a basic delivery of services. essentially, it's a struggle to gain the support of these afghanis. that's limited by the number of forces on the ground. but the real imitation ultimately is not american forces, i...
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our policy in the region should be based on being india's best friend. so we're being played for suckers by the pakistan elite. >> here is the problem. the pakistaniy have nuclear weapons and the single most important national security objective of the president of the united states should be keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists. where do those two come together? pakistan. that's why it's extremely important to support pakistan right now. they are not perfect. that guy is corrupt but they are finally taking the fight to the taliban an if they can eliminate the taliban as we eliminate them in afghanistan, put them together and then you finally get a separation of nuclear weapons and terrorists. >> glenn, how do you go down a military strategy like this without ultimately addressing the huge economic disparities that exist in this part of the world which provide breeding for the most disench -- disenfranchised in that part of the world and dimtic challenges to warriors who behave in a way not keeping with the u.s. soldiers but in the proc
our policy in the region should be based on being india's best friend. so we're being played for suckers by the pakistan elite. >> here is the problem. the pakistaniy have nuclear weapons and the single most important national security objective of the president of the united states should be keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists. where do those two come together? pakistan. that's why it's extremely important to support pakistan right now. they are not perfect. that guy...
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a government with a major number of troops lined up on the border with india, and a government that for a number of other reasons i think has national security interests for the united states. >> your response to that, cliff? what do you think? >> yeah. i think kerry's pretty much on target with that. pakistan is a very consequential country. not because it has nuclear weapons, not least because it's the third largest muslim country in the world, not because it has al qaeda's control and command operations. al qaeda is not the same as it used to be but it is a danger, almost for sure on pakistani soil. pakistanis don't like that we say that. how do you know al qaeda is there? we know that. taliban is a bad influence on pakistan and afghanistan. i can't disagree with anything kerry said. >> how do you view the possibility of sending more troops to afghanistan. based on your connections over there on this particular trip, would that be received favorably in the president were to increase the troop presence? >> i think it would be received favorably in afghanistan. pakistanis would be some
a government with a major number of troops lined up on the border with india, and a government that for a number of other reasons i think has national security interests for the united states. >> your response to that, cliff? what do you think? >> yeah. i think kerry's pretty much on target with that. pakistan is a very consequential country. not because it has nuclear weapons, not least because it's the third largest muslim country in the world, not because it has al qaeda's...
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the prime minister of india was feted to a state dinner. let's have a look how they got in this, how they got in the complex and the hurdles they cleared. they drove up to a vehicle entrance, they were turned away because they didn't have an invitation. they went up to a pedestrian gate where a uniformed officer allowed them through even though they didn't have an invitation. he thought they would be vetted at the next entrance to the east wing of the white house, and there you see it, they entered the east wing, again they got through a security checkpoint, through a magnetometer, and then arrived in this area where they were announced into the white house. ladies and gentlemen, the salahis. we've seen that picture of them strolling hand in hand as they enter the white house pausing for a moment to pause -- to pose for pictures. they went to a reception in the east room. then there's that picture. and then there was that famous photograph, cue the famous photograph of them in the receiving line, shaking hands with president obama. the secr
the prime minister of india was feted to a state dinner. let's have a look how they got in this, how they got in the complex and the hurdles they cleared. they drove up to a vehicle entrance, they were turned away because they didn't have an invitation. they went up to a pedestrian gate where a uniformed officer allowed them through even though they didn't have an invitation. he thought they would be vetted at the next entrance to the east wing of the white house, and there you see it, they...
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the start of a three-day trip to india. clinton urged india and other countries to do who are to tackle terrorism and global warming. >>> ousted illinois governor rod blagojevich trying his hand at becoming a radio talk show host. blagojevich will host a two-hour show on wls-am in chicago both today and neck sunday. the program director says personalities on his station are compelling, opinionated and often controversial. he said the ousted governor has all those traits. >>> msnbc is the place for politician. a milestone for the president. tomorrow marks the first six months of the obama administration. take a look at the latest gallup daily tracking poll. 60% of americans approve of the job president obama's doing. 33% disapprove. for perspective, i'm joined by a.b. stoddard, associate editor and columnist with "the hill" newspaper. morning, a.b. how you doing? >> i'm well. good morning, chris. >> how's the president doing, do you think? 60% approval rating in spite of the problem frankly with the economy and problems with
the start of a three-day trip to india. clinton urged india and other countries to do who are to tackle terrorism and global warming. >>> ousted illinois governor rod blagojevich trying his hand at becoming a radio talk show host. blagojevich will host a two-hour show on wls-am in chicago both today and neck sunday. the program director says personalities on his station are compelling, opinionated and often controversial. he said the ousted governor has all those traits. >>>...
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up on tuesday night, the first state dinner that the president has shown for the prime minister of india. you mentioned the secret service yesterday putting out a statement saying they are deeply concerned and embarrassed about this and that established protocols were not followed at a checkpoint. they were able to enter the white house and there you see them shablging hands with the president. they did go through a magnatometr, but just because they didn't have a weapon on them with a heavy frame or a knife, but if they intended to do harm, and there's no evidence this couple wanted to do anything but draw attention to themselves, they posted themselves on facebook draped over rahm emanuel and vice president biden. but anybody who wants -- any other means or nefarious ways that are people to people like that, security experts say the president could have potentially been in danger. so now a lot of red faced officials around the capitol today. >> this has got fob frustrating for you, mike, you're cleared to get into the white house, you've got to go through a fair amount of rig ma role t
up on tuesday night, the first state dinner that the president has shown for the prime minister of india. you mentioned the secret service yesterday putting out a statement saying they are deeply concerned and embarrassed about this and that established protocols were not followed at a checkpoint. they were able to enter the white house and there you see them shablging hands with the president. they did go through a magnatometr, but just because they didn't have a weapon on them with a heavy...
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it is bigger than the entire economy of india. and if you're trying ining to is out, it is $4700 for every u.s. citizen. good morning to you, brian. how concerned is the white house that this deficit will threaten its agenda? >> hi alex. well, the white house has to be very concerned here. they say the silver lining is this dire number is actually $400 billion better than expected, but that's mostly because they didn't have to dole out as much money as they thought to bail out the banks. but still, that leaves the president with a very tough problem here. how do you build the economy while at the same time trying to cut the budget and on a very tight time line. he's only got until next year's midterm elections to really show some progress, or he could risk losing the congress here. it's really all about the economy. the white house says that the economy is showing signs of recovering, but, in fact, jobs are just sitting there. as a matter of fact, the unemployment rate keeps creeping up towards that 10% mark. and really the white
it is bigger than the entire economy of india. and if you're trying ining to is out, it is $4700 for every u.s. citizen. good morning to you, brian. how concerned is the white house that this deficit will threaten its agenda? >> hi alex. well, the white house has to be very concerned here. they say the silver lining is this dire number is actually $400 billion better than expected, but that's mostly because they didn't have to dole out as much money as they thought to bail out the banks....
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kashmir is a piece of land, two sides, india and pakistan will forever be fighting over. this war isn't over land. it is over a threat that's about a -- hillary clinton, secretary of state calls a syndicate -- 9/11 could have occurred it seems to me, 20, 30 guys getting together in frankfurt, germany or hamburg rather, where they live or getting together in new jersey or florida, flight school. why is the land of afghanistan somehow critical to our need to fight terrorism? >> well, you know -- >> territory. >> exactly. you raise -- an important point. and there's really two kind of bases now of terrorism. threat against the united states. one old and one new. i would say the after gab/pakistan border is the owed one. that it was an open space and which allowed them to in the past train and project power outside. i would say much more limited now. the importance of that land was much more vital back in 2001 when they actually controlled all of afghanistan. al qaeda had a country in some way. they don't have that anymore. so your land question is legitimate. what i would sa
kashmir is a piece of land, two sides, india and pakistan will forever be fighting over. this war isn't over land. it is over a threat that's about a -- hillary clinton, secretary of state calls a syndicate -- 9/11 could have occurred it seems to me, 20, 30 guys getting together in frankfurt, germany or hamburg rather, where they live or getting together in new jersey or florida, flight school. why is the land of afghanistan somehow critical to our need to fight terrorism? >> well, you...
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her dad is from india and she wants to honor him with her nose piercing. the school went to a religious council that said it's not religious, but cultural. and so she had to get an invisible nose stud. interested? >> yeah, i am. >> you are if you are in junior high and you want to pierce your nose. >>> a boy is 5 years old and already in the guinness book of world records. he is a body builder, and he broke records with his fastest ever 10-meter walk with a weight ball between the legs. the four minute video of him popped up, and has everybody wondering if a 5-year-old can do this, why can't i get my big fat butt off the couch and go to the gym once a week. >> yeah, look at that. >> i looked at the american academy of pediatrics, and -- look at that. >> yeah, little kid. look at him. >>> coming up next on the "morning meeting," using the crisis to steal more from the taxpayer. some people and a number of companies trying to take advantage of the taxpayer support last year to go to washington to try and steal some more. we will talk with a member of the hou
her dad is from india and she wants to honor him with her nose piercing. the school went to a religious council that said it's not religious, but cultural. and so she had to get an invisible nose stud. interested? >> yeah, i am. >> you are if you are in junior high and you want to pierce your nose. >>> a boy is 5 years old and already in the guinness book of world records. he is a body builder, and he broke records with his fastest ever 10-meter walk with a weight ball...
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prime minister as we work to find that future, india is indispensable. united states and india can strengthen the economic recovery, and promote trade and jobs for our people and support balance that is sustained. and we can prevent the spread of the word's most deadly weapons, and pursuing our vision of a world without nuclear weapons. as people who have known the pain of anguish and terrorism we can stand together to promote the development and prosperity that under understands extremism. as india becomes an influential global power, we can develop clean energy partnerships and confronting climate change, and stopping infek shus disease, and working to end extreme poverty in our time. as the world's largest democracies, we can keep faith with our common values. we can show nations that respect the rights and aspirations of their people are ultimately more stable and more secure and more successful. this is the india that america welcomes today. a leader in asia, and around the world. these are the challenges we are summened to meet. and we can draw str
prime minister as we work to find that future, india is indispensable. united states and india can strengthen the economic recovery, and promote trade and jobs for our people and support balance that is sustained. and we can prevent the spread of the word's most deadly weapons, and pursuing our vision of a world without nuclear weapons. as people who have known the pain of anguish and terrorism we can stand together to promote the development and prosperity that under understands extremism. as...
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will money flee markets like russia and brazil and india and china which have benefited from investors seeking higher returns and putting money there. then again, does that lead to a further global sell-off? additionally, there's another area that we're concerned about here. the exposure that the european banks have to dubai and the united arab emirates, how does it affect your capital level. you recall they are hard hit by the credit and real estate crisis around the world. >> is that all that is driving the markets today? is there anything domestically with our own shopping and expectation for that? >> we're keeping watch on retailers because it is black friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. nevertheless, retailers are pretty much down in line with the markets with the dow off about 181 points. christmas sales expected to be a little tepid this year and some of the high-end retailers expected to do maybe well because their inventories are lean and low-end expected to do well also because of consumers looking for bargains there. but right now, retailing stocks are down
will money flee markets like russia and brazil and india and china which have benefited from investors seeking higher returns and putting money there. then again, does that lead to a further global sell-off? additionally, there's another area that we're concerned about here. the exposure that the european banks have to dubai and the united arab emirates, how does it affect your capital level. you recall they are hard hit by the credit and real estate crisis around the world. >> is that...
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and india relations in the spotlight. the prime minister's arrival for tonight's state dinner and david and danny join us now. david, i want to talk. we heard norah talk about the social aspect of this but know there are political ramifications here. is this a good strategy for the president to invite india's prime minister on the first state dinner? >> absolutely. it sends a number of important signals. first of all, a balancing act with respect to inyeah and china. the president has come off a visit to china so having his first state dinner being that of honoring india is an excel let way of balance that and sort of show a unified front on behalf of the united states. the president is about to make a monumental decision on afghanistan and by having his first state dinner be one for india, he is also pointing out the importance of that entire region to the interests of the united states. finally, i just think it's important to point out someone who remembers working in the white house before the state dinner would happen
and india relations in the spotlight. the prime minister's arrival for tonight's state dinner and david and danny join us now. david, i want to talk. we heard norah talk about the social aspect of this but know there are political ramifications here. is this a good strategy for the president to invite india's prime minister on the first state dinner? >> absolutely. it sends a number of important signals. first of all, a balancing act with respect to inyeah and china. the president has...
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the deal is designed to give both carmakers a boost in the fast-growing markets of china and india. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to msnbc. >>> we're following some breaking news. a dangerous blizzard pounds states in the u.s. all the way up in new england. twelve have been reported killed. looking at live pictures from kansas city, missouri. winds up to 50 miles an hour have created extreme blizzard conditions. the monster storm caused massive delays at airports and hundreds of accidents on the roads and highways. we just got this video into our newsroom. from flowering branch, georgia, a road completely washed away. with all the snow in the midwest and east, a lot of flooding to the southeast. monitor all the breaking weather news and bring you a live update at the top of the hour. welcome back. i'm david shuster, live in washington. >> i'm tamryn hall. david, the big picture, that clean family image, that golfer that tiger woods worked so hard. the empire may be cracking. according to forbes, woods earned $100 million over the past year, one year, fro
the deal is designed to give both carmakers a boost in the fast-growing markets of china and india. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to msnbc. >>> we're following some breaking news. a dangerous blizzard pounds states in the u.s. all the way up in new england. twelve have been reported killed. looking at live pictures from kansas city, missouri. winds up to 50 miles an hour have created extreme blizzard conditions. the monster storm caused massive delays at...
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maybe they'll move to india or some other place that doesn't assess the tax. i don't buy that. our tax would follow the trades. if you're a u.s. citizen or u.s. entity, you have to pay the tax. you can't escape it unless you want to give up your citizenship and move to some third world country. >> congressman, good to have you on tonight. i hope to passes. we could use $150 billion of wall street. >> would put real americans back to work in the real economy. >> thanks so much. one final page in "my playbook" tonight, i'll come to the defense of a psycho talker. that's right. yesterday at a book signing event at the mall of america in minnesota some bonehead started hurling tomatoes at sarah palin. 33-year-old jeremy paul olson missed palin by just a few feet and it ended up hitting a police officer. he was arrested on assault and disorderly conduct charges. now i may not agree with sarah palin on anything, but this is not the way we should treat people in public. any time you pull a stunt like this, you got to pay the price. and it doesn't make america any better for this. sara
maybe they'll move to india or some other place that doesn't assess the tax. i don't buy that. our tax would follow the trades. if you're a u.s. citizen or u.s. entity, you have to pay the tax. you can't escape it unless you want to give up your citizenship and move to some third world country. >> congressman, good to have you on tonight. i hope to passes. we could use $150 billion of wall street. >> would put real americans back to work in the real economy. >> thanks so much....
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jeff sachs joined me after a recent trip to china and india and pointed out clearly that not only are those countries do okay, but in some ways they're thriving, growing at 5, 6, 7%, even as the u.s. economy retracts. and ultimately, this global meltdown could be a tipping point from both of those countries to truly standing on par in some real ways with the u.s. and europe. other interesting unintended consequences, as we heard the president of iran, ahmadinejad, say he was going to make fairly significant appointments of women to his cabinet, that was certainly not the expectation three to six months ago as the election in iran neared, certainly not as the chaos that ensued. but what's so interesting about the world, you never know exactly what's going to happen and some of the pushback that's happened in iran has led to that. and it led me to wonder, what will be the consequences or unintended consequences of this august recess? the obama administration feared the recess, thinking it would put a stop on health care reform. but what if this new strategy brings president obama out, u
jeff sachs joined me after a recent trip to china and india and pointed out clearly that not only are those countries do okay, but in some ways they're thriving, growing at 5, 6, 7%, even as the u.s. economy retracts. and ultimately, this global meltdown could be a tipping point from both of those countries to truly standing on par in some real ways with the u.s. and europe. other interesting unintended consequences, as we heard the president of iran, ahmadinejad, say he was going to make...
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. >> hillary clinton who is leaving very shortly for india and thailand, she announced in this speech that she is going to be going to pakistan as well in the fall. you don't go to pakistan without going to other parts of that region as well, you can't imagine a bigger trip from hillary clinton. she is now emerging after several weeks of not being in the front lines of foreign policy, she was not on the trip to russia, which she was scheduled to be on because of her surgery on her elbow and she announced that she was appearing here today, first time without a sling yesterday and today. she has been through the therapy, been through the surgery but been a somewhat painful time. stay with us, gentlemen, we are going to be back in a few moments. we will, of course, have continuing coverage of the sotomayor hearings. they are in a lunch break. stay with us. we will be back. you are watching msnbc. she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. and he'll have to cut benefits for hi
. >> hillary clinton who is leaving very shortly for india and thailand, she announced in this speech that she is going to be going to pakistan as well in the fall. you don't go to pakistan without going to other parts of that region as well, you can't imagine a bigger trip from hillary clinton. she is now emerging after several weeks of not being in the front lines of foreign policy, she was not on the trip to russia, which she was scheduled to be on because of her surgery on her elbow...
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is there something culturally about india that it means more when india and its leadership is treated to a state dinner than when another country? >> i think when any country is given the honor of a state dinner, it means a great deal. there can only be one such dinner, one state visit per foreign country per presidency per term. so in this case, this is india's turn. they can come back, prime minister singh, presumably, will be back in the united states for meetings with the president, for meetings at the u.n., but he can never be accorded another state dinner by president obama until or unless there is a second obama term. so that is one of the protocols that's followed. >> that's an interesting detail there. andrea, thank you so much. you can catch "andrea mitchell reports" weekdays at 1:00 p.m. eastern time only on msnbc. "andrea mitchell reports," thank you, andrea. >>> up next, we'll talk about president obama's critical decision regarding afghanistan. >> yeah, that announcement is expected one week from today. it is part of today's "face-off." we'll get into that next. hi-- num
is there something culturally about india that it means more when india and its leadership is treated to a state dinner than when another country? >> i think when any country is given the honor of a state dinner, it means a great deal. there can only be one such dinner, one state visit per foreign country per presidency per term. so in this case, this is india's turn. they can come back, prime minister singh, presumably, will be back in the united states for meetings with the president,...
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president obama said india has no better friend than the united states. >> india will play a pivotal role in meeting the major challenges we face today. this includes my top economic priority. creating good jobs with good wages for the american people. so i believe that the relationship between the united states and india will be one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century. >> tonight's black tie affair on the white house south lawn in that structure is expected to draw 320 of washington and hollywood elite. and headlines the night's entertainment lineup, grammy winner jennifer hudson. nbc's norah o'donnell joins us live from washington. in terms of culture, is there a reason why the administration picked india? that maybe it means more to indians in terms of culture than, say, other countries? >> reporter: yeah. india, of course, the world's second largest or the world's largest democracy. the u.s. the other world's largest democracy. and so that was important. also because it's very important as a global economic power house. so that's one way -- that's one reason that the
president obama said india has no better friend than the united states. >> india will play a pivotal role in meeting the major challenges we face today. this includes my top economic priority. creating good jobs with good wages for the american people. so i believe that the relationship between the united states and india will be one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century. >> tonight's black tie affair on the white house south lawn in that structure is expected to draw 320...
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wall street are complaining that they cannot find visas for the people that they want -- >> folks from india, folks from asia. >> there's an awful lot of those folks, americans who are unemployed. who are in their mid-40s and things like that who are being moved out so these people can move in. >> now let's talk about health care. a little bit of tape of some of the more august liberals from the senate. we have what happened to john dingell this weekend, let's watch a little bit of that, also tom harkin in iowa. these are angry people. now, you're going to new hampshire tomorrow. the president is doing a town hall meeting. what do you think is going to happen in portsmouth, new hampshire? >> i've got my hands on one conservative new hampshire group that is recruiting volunteers to show up. they've been using facebook and other news groups to do that and they're trying to get people there. look, new hampshire, arguably, you know, new england invented the town hall meeting or the modern day town hall meeting. these folks now how to do it. so you have this feeling, i wouldn't be surprised if we
wall street are complaining that they cannot find visas for the people that they want -- >> folks from india, folks from asia. >> there's an awful lot of those folks, americans who are unemployed. who are in their mid-40s and things like that who are being moved out so these people can move in. >> now let's talk about health care. a little bit of tape of some of the more august liberals from the senate. we have what happened to john dingell this weekend, let's watch a little...
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the kids in china and india are also ready for the same jobs. >> good point. >> which chocolate sauce, whipped cream and cherry are you going to put on top to a whole new baseline. because those kids in china and india know everything our kids know. >> and probably more. >> and they'll do it a lot cheaper. >> brian kelly, thank you for being on the show this morning. our discussion continues after the break. still ahead, the latest on tiger woods. leaving golf while his sponsors leave him. surprising some pr experts. "newsweek"'s john meacham will be with us. and isabella roselini. and tomorrow, joe biden. you're watching "morning joe," brewed by starbucks. by changinge prescription plan. all we had to do was go to cvs.com and use the free savings calculator. we learned that changing your medicare part d plan could save an average of $612. woman: we just entered my prescriptions, and it compared plans for us. it was easy to find the right plan for the prescriptions i need. your cvs pharmacist can help, too. come in today, or go to cvs.com before december 31st to find the best plan for
the kids in china and india are also ready for the same jobs. >> good point. >> which chocolate sauce, whipped cream and cherry are you going to put on top to a whole new baseline. because those kids in china and india know everything our kids know. >> and probably more. >> and they'll do it a lot cheaper. >> brian kelly, thank you for being on the show this morning. our discussion continues after the break. still ahead, the latest on tiger woods. leaving golf...
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let's talk for just a second about india and the importance of india's role. the first state vizt and the biggest issues that you think the president is addressing with the prime minister today. >> i think the biggest are indian anxiety, andrea, because they are afraid that the united states has bigger fish to fry in the region than india. they're very upset about the china trip. some of the biggest criticisms of the united states came from new delhi that the u.s. and, of course, to the west. afghanistan and pakistan. india has a very, as you pointed out, tense relationship with pakistan. the overwhelming majority of pakistani troops are on the border with india and not in the northwest frontier fighting this taliban insurgency. the mumbai attacks of a year ago were inspired by groups in pakistan. in the 1990s, pakistan even intervened and took a chunk out of indian territory and almost caused a gigantic war. so, india wants to be assured that our policy tour china is not going to marginalize indian concerns and also the policy of helping pakistan fight insurg
let's talk for just a second about india and the importance of india's role. the first state vizt and the biggest issues that you think the president is addressing with the prime minister today. >> i think the biggest are indian anxiety, andrea, because they are afraid that the united states has bigger fish to fry in the region than india. they're very upset about the china trip. some of the biggest criticisms of the united states came from new delhi that the u.s. and, of course, to the...
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and recognize the importance of india? >> i think my ultimate hope is india and the united states can actually create economic well being in southeast asia and bring pakistan into the mix, solve the kashmir problem and bring about a nonmilitary solution in afghanistan. i don't believe there are any military solutions. i think there are only economic solutions. this is a great opportunity and both president obama and prime minister monmohan singh spoke eloquently how we need to bury the past and envision a new future. >> deepak chopra. thank you very much. >> it was wonderful. >>> tens of thousands of american troops spend thanksgiving overseas most without their families. the vice president's wife dr. jill biden says it is vitally important to remember our soldiers and their families. msnbc's chief washington correspondent norah o'donnell sat down with dr. biden exclusively. >> reporter: dr. jill biden is very private. she stays out of the spotlight. one issue she is not shy about, it's our wounded warriors and military fa
and recognize the importance of india? >> i think my ultimate hope is india and the united states can actually create economic well being in southeast asia and bring pakistan into the mix, solve the kashmir problem and bring about a nonmilitary solution in afghanistan. i don't believe there are any military solutions. i think there are only economic solutions. this is a great opportunity and both president obama and prime minister monmohan singh spoke eloquently how we need to bury the...
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another even stronger quake hitting just off the coast of india. japanese authorities shut down two nuclear reactors and bullet train service as a precaution. right now, they're carrying out intensive safety checks and inspections, but so far, no major damage or injuries have been reported. >>> in new york city, divers have found the body in the wreckage of a small plane at the bomb of the hudson river, it collided with a helicopter on saturday, resulting in nine deaths. the body is pinned in the wreckage and cannot be recovered right now. the plane could be lifted from the river as early as tomorrow. >>> on wall street, stocks retreated today, as investors locked in profits after a four-week rally. the dow jones industrial averages down 32 points, the s&p 500 lost three, and the nasdaq finished eight points lower. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome to "hardball." south carolina governor, mark sanford, may have more trouble right now, "associated press" reporter jim davinport wroed wrote this -- >>> governor sanford spokesman has a different opini
another even stronger quake hitting just off the coast of india. japanese authorities shut down two nuclear reactors and bullet train service as a precaution. right now, they're carrying out intensive safety checks and inspections, but so far, no major damage or injuries have been reported. >>> in new york city, divers have found the body in the wreckage of a small plane at the bomb of the hudson river, it collided with a helicopter on saturday, resulting in nine deaths. the body is...
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side of the country and on that northwest side of the country and they're not just solely focused on india and they say that increased in cooperation is why they believe they made so much progress on al qaeda. i think it was general petraeus in the interview with brian williams on how they got the majority of the top 20 al qaeda officials that they targeted in the last year. >> which will all speak to an eventual division to scale back the larger goals on the afghan cooperation. let me ask you quickly about something involving china. the dalai lama here and he comes once a year and met with house speaker pelosi who presented him with the human rights prize on the hill and this is one of the few times in years and years that he has not come to the white house, which some are seeing as appeasement of the chinese prior to the president's visit to china and certainly with the importance of the chinese relationship for all of our efforts to shore up support internationally against iran. is this appeasement of the chinese. >> well, it certainly looks like it. by the way, one of the few times tha
side of the country and on that northwest side of the country and they're not just solely focused on india and they say that increased in cooperation is why they believe they made so much progress on al qaeda. i think it was general petraeus in the interview with brian williams on how they got the majority of the top 20 al qaeda officials that they targeted in the last year. >> which will all speak to an eventual division to scale back the larger goals on the afghan cooperation. let me...
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india is absolutely crucial in that whole area. not only as i mentioned afghanistan and pakistan, but also china as well. india has nuclear weapons. so does pakistan. they have tensions between them over kashmir. there was a bombing in mumbai. we really need their support. what we do need is not to have the indians be so hostile to the pakistanis that they can't help us out with that government as well. so we really have to tap down the tensions in that area. and i think that they really pulled out all the stops last night to say, look, we want you to be our friends. you know, they're representing us. you and i were as well as the obamas hosts and hostesses of that dinner last night. the american people hosted india. and we were saying, we want you to be our friends. we know how valuable an ally you are to us. we know that this is, as the prime minister said, a strajic partnership. we understand that. and it was beautiful. everything about it was beautiful. including michelle obama's dress. >> i was going to say -- >> designed by a
india is absolutely crucial in that whole area. not only as i mentioned afghanistan and pakistan, but also china as well. india has nuclear weapons. so does pakistan. they have tensions between them over kashmir. there was a bombing in mumbai. we really need their support. what we do need is not to have the indians be so hostile to the pakistanis that they can't help us out with that government as well. so we really have to tap down the tensions in that area. and i think that they really pulled...